classical music: Luigi Roni

classical music: Luigi Roni

classical music:

Luigi Roni

Violetta: Arias and Duets from Verdi's La Traviata [Includes DVD]

Giuseppe Verdi, Carlo Rizzi, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2006

Netrebko wins hearts
Anna Netrebko has a rare voice - direct, unaffected, pure enough to stand without need for frills. This CD is a recording of her live opening night performance, it's truly a thrill and her tenor co-star matches her passionate delivery. Sound quality is good, for a live ...

Mozart - Don Giovanni / Sir Colin Davis Vol. 41

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, ...

Philips, 1992

"madamemusico" is right except the Karajan
The Karajan/Tomowa-Sintow version was produced about 20 years earlier than the reviewer alleges.

Bellini - Zaira / Ricciarelli · Alaimo · Vargas · Papadjakou · Silbano · de Candia · Loni · Teatro Massimo · ...

Vincenzo Bellini, Paolo Olmi, ...

Nuova Era, 1993

Enjoyable Bellini
Zaira, an early Bellini opera is pleasant enough; it's not Norma but at this early stage it's an opera I found entertaining. All the singers are great and some of the music is very moving. There's a cabaletta in Zaire that Bellini used again for the Act 1 closing of ...

Puccini - Il Trittico / Alagna, Gheorghiu, Guelfi, Guleghina, Gallardo-Domás, Manca di Nissa, Palmer, ...

London Symphony Orchestra

EMI Classics, 1999

Just maybe the greatest recorded "Trittico" ever
Like another previous reviewer, I too came to this set feeling that the old Tito Gobbi recording was something very special, and hard to beat. And it still has a special place in my collection. But this set is exceptional on all counts; it is superbly recorded, the ...

Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Hermann Prey, Teresa Berganza

Deutsche Grammophon, 2005

Figaro, Figaro, Figaro...
Okay, I am biased. I adore this opera, and it this production is my second favorite ever. That may sound like a backhanded compliment since I refer, of course, to the marvelous RCA recording made in the late 1950's with Fernando Corelli as the definative Bartolo and ...

Verdi: Aida / Caballé, Domingo, Muti

Riccardo Muti, Montserrat Caballé, ...

Angel Records, 1997

EMI got it right in 1974
Aida is a difficult opera to cast well, and in these sad days when big operatic voices seem to be gone, it's even impossible to cast adequately. EMI was lucky 25 years ago to have Caballe, Domingo, Cossotto, Ghiaurov and Cappuccilli in pristine form. Caballe, a ...

Verdi - I Due Foscari / Bruson, Roark-Strummer, Cupido, Roni, Gavazzeni, La Scala Opera

Linda Roark-Strummer, Renato Bruson

BBC / Opus Arte, 2004

Early Verdi Masterpiece
I have had a poor VHS from PAL transfer of this superb production for several years. What a thrill to find it restored on DVD. And what a restoration. The production is stunningly simple, yet utterly dramatic. Linda Roark-Strummer is a ferocious Lucrezia Contarini, the ...

Verdi - Aida / Caballé · Domingo · Cossotto · Ghiaurov · Cappuccilli · Roni · NPO · Muti

Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Muti, ...

EMI Classics, 2001

Marvelous Aida!
I love Aida. I own so many recordings that I've lost count as to how many I have in my library. In many ways, I think this is one of Verdi's most beautiful and sophisticated scores. Several conductors have handled (and butchered) the score, yet this recording shows ...

Verdi: Aida / Chiara, Pavarotti, Dimitrova, Nucci, Burchuladze, Maazel

Giuseppe Verdi, Lorin Maazel, ...

Decca, 1990

One of the best Aidas around
Don't be fooled by the low-ish score: this is one of the most awe-inspiring, technically refined recordings of Aida currently on the market. While it is true that Pavarotti's "heroics" leave to be desired, it is also true that it's always been so. The maestro wasn't ...

Verdi: La Traviata

Giuseppe Verdi, Carlo Rizzi, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2005

Verdi: La Traviata
While hearing Verdi's La Traviata is almost always pleasant, this recording captures the magic combination of beautiful melodies, strong individual voices and most importantly the dynamism between Netrebko and Villazon. So often opera librettos challenge even the most ...

Otello

Verdi, Domingo, ...

Opera D'oro, 2002

A truly great live Otello from Kleiber and La Scala
This same live performance from Dec. 7, 1976, has been around on varoius labels (Myto, Melodram) but here is at bargain price from Opera d'Oro. All the companies use the same radio broadcast, in good stereo, from La Scala, with differences in remastering. In this case ...

Puccini - Manon Lescaut / Cura, Guleghina, Gallo, Roni, Berti, Banditelli, Mori, Bolognesi, Muti, La Scala ...

Jose Cura, Marco Berti

Tdk DVD Video, 2005

A good performance that gets better as it progresses
Manon Lescaut is not one of my favorite Puccini operas. In this performance, Acts I & II are well done but no better than many I have seen. However Acts III & IV (which I usually find less compelling that Acts I & II) are very intensely acted and sung and are very ...

The Best of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Colin Davis, ...

Philips, 1990

Hey, it actually is the best!
When I first saw this CD, I thought, "Hey, I've never heard most of this before! How can it be 'The Best Of'?" To put things simply, that was my own loss. Technically, this CD is brilliant; the playing is on a level so high it's difficult to find matches for it (I ...

Don Giovanni

Mozart, Sir Colin Davis, ...

Phillips Classics Productions, 1990

Excellent!
This production of Mozart's Don Giovanni is wonderful to say the least. Colin Davis is a critically acclaimed Mozartian and knows how to conduct Mozart to the last note. The singers are also as excellent as the conductor. Ingvar Wixell is a wonderful choice for Don ...

Verdi: Aida

Giuseppe Verdi, Claudio Abbado, ...

Opera D'oro, 2003

Another Outstanding Aida
This 1972 performance of Verdi's Aida was such a success because that night, much like the same night that Leontyne Price first sang Aida at the Metropolitan (a role that would become Leontyne's signature role), it was a role that Martina Arroyo became totally one with ...